Solar Panel Project
I do more boondock style camping then anything else. My 2 - 6V batteries do a good job keeping me powered up for the few things I need powered whilst camping....but I have a 7 day trip planned with m...
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#1nobby wrote:Aim higher. Home Depot also sells the Grape brand controllers that will support up to 40 amps of charging. They have a smart phone app so, once everything is installed, you can engineer charge settings, find out battery SOC, and monitor real-time solar harvest. They are also relatively inexpensive.westend wrote:
40W will only whet your taste for solar. Stateside, Home Depot sells 100W Grape modules, on sale, for $100.
You are probably right.
However...I haven't actually NEEDED any external power help up to now.....so this will be a bonus.
Kinda like this years profit sharing check from work....a small bonus. :)
However....the included controller will support an additional 40 W panel if I decide that more is required.
One of the intracacies about RV solar charging is that when you get some, you want more. Free power and it's uses become addictive. Also,having enough solar charging means that you will always have full batteries, those batteries lasting longer than if manually charged.
Forum member Pianotuna has written a series of short, easily understandable articles on Adding Solar to an RV.
